News: Europe
Irish ISIS bride Lisa Smith is freed from prison (LINK ONLY) [Edited headline]
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Tania Joya
Arts & Entertainment
ISIS bride Tania Joya: ‘My crime was being an idiot, joining a really bad idea’
(NY Post) Tania Joya, who was married to John Georgelas, once known as the highest-ranking American in ISIS, does not want to be blamed for her ex-husband’s misdeeds. “My crime was being an idiot and getting married too young and joining a […]
Legal
ISIS bride Lisa Smith vows she’ll never give up Islam, saying ‘I love my religion’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Lisa Smith made anti-extremism videos in Islamic State camp in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Judgment due today in trial of Lisa Smith for alleged membership of Isis (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith chose to go to area controlled by ‘demonic’ terrorist group, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
‘ISIS bride’ Tania Joya explains why she outed Rep. Van Taylor: ‘I kept my word’
(Breitbart) “ISIS bride” Tania Joya exclusively told Breitbart News on Thursday that she divulged her damning affair with Rep. Van Taylor (R-TX) — which torpedoed his political career — because she felt slighted by the congressman after he didn’t “[keep] his promises.” […]
Government & Politics
US Rep. Van Taylor drops Texas reelection bid, admits affair
(AP) U.S. Rep. Van Taylor of Texas said Wednesday that he was ending his reelection campaign and admitted having an affair following reports that he had been in a relationship with the widow of an American-born recruiter for the Islamic State group. […]
Government & Politics
‘ISIS bride’ says Texas congressman Van Taylor paid her to keep quiet about affair
(Breitbart) Texas Rep. Van Taylor (R) allegedly paid $5,000 in hush money to an “ISIS bride” he was engaged in an affair with during his time in Congress, Breitbart News has learned. According to documents “ISIS bride” Tania Joya shared with Breitbart […]
Government & Politics
Van Taylor accused of extramarital affair with ISIS bride, abuse of power, ‘rim job’ text
(National File) Tania Georgelas — an ISIS bride who was liberated from Syria in 2013 — has accused U.S. Rep. Van Taylor of having an extramarital affair with her. Georgelas claims that Taylor abused his position in order to gain consent and […]
Legal
Bad things were happening but ‘it wasn’t my problem,’ Lisa Smith tells court (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Alleged Islamic State member Lisa Smith told gardaí that prosecution witness was a ‘liar’ — trial hears (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
American who got Lisa Smith out of women’s ‘prison’ wanted by FBI, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith moved to Syria to help build Muslim state, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith ‘threw her life away to go and join a violent, extremist ideology,’ court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Ex-soldier Lisa Smith married a member of al Qaida while in Syria, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Court hears Smith espoused ‘politicised’ and ‘harsh’ approach to Islam
(RTÉ) The Special Criminal Court has been told that Lisa Smith espoused a very “politicised” and “harsh” approach to Islam and wanted a husband who would be “a shaheed,” a martyr. Carol Karimah Duffy said she knew Ms Smith and her family […]
Children & Teens
Repentant Islamic State wife: ‘We are winning’ fight against radical Islam
(Breitbart) Like many across the United States, upon hearing the news that Islamic State terror leader Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi had been cornered in Syria and died after detonating a suicide vest, Tania Joya was happy the “serial rapist” was dead. “We are […]
Military
The secret life of Irish [jihadist] Lisa Smith (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Isis bride Smith posed with guns before heading to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Pal of IS bride Lisa Smith said she visited Syria two years before she joined terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
This is the US-born jihadi believed to have radicalised Isis bride Lisa Smith (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Ex-jihadist Tania Joya now fights to ‘reprogram’ extremists
(AFP) Tania Joya has devoted her life to “reprogramming” extremists and reintroducing them into society — a process she understands well as a “former Islamic jihadist” herself. “My aim is for them to feel a sense of remorse and to train them […]